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CXXXVI. ORCHIDEjE. 
[Bromheadia. 
Slender; flowers orange ..... 
Rock plant, stem§ tall; raceme lateral 
Epiphytes; flowers terminal. 
Stems tall; raceme elongate .... 
Stems short; leaves narrow acute; racemes terminal 
short. 
Leaves ensiform erect ..... 
Leaves ensiform curved ..... 
Leaves lanceolate acute short .... 
Leaves very narrow, long recurved . 
(2) B. sylvestris 
(3) B. rupestris 
(4) B. alticola 
(5) B. pungens 
(6) B. aporoides 
(7) B. brevifolia 
(8) B. scirpoidea 
(1) B. palustris Lindl. Bot. Reg . xxvii. 1841; Misc. 184; Hook. 
Bot. Mag. t. 4001. 
Stems tall wiry, 1 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate blunt, 5 to 
6 in. long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide. Racemes terminal gradually elongating, 
3 to 12 in. long. Bracts distichous boat-shaped acute, -12 in. long. 
Flowers appearing singly fragrant, 3 in. across. Sepals lanceolate 
acute. Petals shorter, all white or tinted pink. Lip side-lobes 
lanceolate sub-acute, white veined violet, a median pubescent line 
on disc, midlobe obovate-oblong centre yellow mealy, edges white, 
base spotted violet. Column white, hood emarginate. Capsule 
sessile, 2*5 in. long. Hab. In open grassy spots, often very tall 
on wet rocks. Common. Singapore (common). Johor, Batu 
Pahat, Malacca (Cuming); Mt. Ophir (Derry). Dindings, Sembilan 
isles (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Waterfall; Asam Ivumbang (Wray). 
Legeh, Tomoh. (Machado). Kedah Peak. Setul Heath. Distrib. 
Cochin China, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Papua. Native name: 
Suraman. 
(2) B. sylvestris Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc.xxv iii. 337; Mat. i. 144. 
Habit of preceding but stems weak and slender, 1 to 6 ft. tall. 
Leaves lanceolate thin, 5 in. long, -75 in. wide, top unequally bifid. 
Racemes 1 or 2. Flowers 1 in. wide, smaller orange colour. Sepals 
lanceolate acuminate. Petals wider. Lip side-lobes erect blunt 
yellowish, veined crimson, edge white, midlobe ovate acute, white, 
centre orange. Column slender, curved yellow, base spotted crimson 
hood entire. Hab. In shady woods seldom flowering. Singapore, 
Kranji. Johor, Gunong Pantai and Gunong Pulai (Ridley). Distrib. 
Borneo. 
(3) B. rupestris Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxii. 341. 
Terrestrial; stems 5 ft. tall, flattened. Leaves lorate-lanceolate 
fleshy, 4 in. long, -75 in. wide. Flowers 3 or 4 in a lateral tuft, 
2 in. across. Ovary and pedicel 1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate 
blunt pale yellow or cream colour, backs tinted red. Petals shorter 
broader, pale yellow. Lip as long as sepals, side-lobes long falcate 
acute, white veined crimson, midlobe fleshy lanceolate oblong, 
sides incurved white red dotted edge crisped, raised bar of lip yellow. 
Column yellow, hood round, base pink. Hab . On rocks at 4000 ft. 
altitude. Malacca, Mt. Ophir. Pahang, Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
Kedah Peak (Haniff). 
